Chef Greg Sonnier replaced at Kingfish

Updated on Mar 25, 2015 at 03:42 PM CDT

Chef Greg Sonnier, shown in a 2007 photo at the Grill Room restaurant at The Windsor Court, no longer is in charge of the kitchen at Kingfish as of March 2015. (Photo by Jennifer Zdon, NOLA.com | The Times-Picyaune archive)

"We reached a tough business decision with chef Greg," said
Zeid Ammari
, chief operating officer of Creole Cuisine. "Kingfish is a dream and without chef Greg this restaurant would not have reached where we are today."

Sonnier could not immediately be reached for comment.

A James Beard-nominated chef with a robust, contemporary-Louisiana style, Sonnier is best known for his Esplanade Avenue restaurant Gabrielle, which he ran with his wife Mary until the post-Katrina levee failures in 2005.